may day means a bikes and barrows festival in this lancashire village.seem keen to peddle their politics. but the election was not the main concern here in scorton this morning. the different sort of contest was. ready to shoot. the tories are targeting many marginal seats like this in lancashire and their message that brexit negotiations are going to be tough and theresa may is best placed to handle them sits at the heart of their election campaign. but this tough? a german newspaper has published an account by unnamed eu officials of a dinner held last week at no 10 between theresa may and the eu negotiating team. it describes deep disagreements between the two sides. according to the paper, the prime minister and the eu commission presidentjean—claude juncker, seen here before the dinner, clashed over the exit bill britain must pay, the structure of the talks and the prospects of a quick trade deal. apparently, mrjuncker left the dinner ten times more sceptical than he was before hand and he found theresa may showed no willingness to compromise. the p

may day means a bite and barrows festival in this lancashire village.eople seem keen to peddle their politics. but the election was not the main concern here this morning. a different sort of contest was. ready to shoot. the tories are targeting many marginal seats like this in lancashire. and their message that wrecks that negotiations are going to be tough and that theresa may is best placed to handle them sits at the heart of their election campaign. but this tough? a german newspaper has published an account by unnamed eu officials of a dinner held last week at number ten between theresa may and the eu negotiating team. it describes deep disagreements between the two sites. according to the paper, the prime minister and the eu commission president, jean—claude juncker, seen here before the dinner, clashed over the exit bill britain must pay, the structure of the talks, and the prospects of a quick trade deal. apparently jean—claude juncker left the dinner ten times more sceptical than he was beforehand, and he found theresa may showed no to compromi

the tories are targeting many marginal seats, like scorton, in lancashire.ations are going to be tough, and that theresa may is best—placed to handle them, sits at the heart of their election campaign. but this tough? a german newspaper has published an account by unnamed eu officials of a dinner held last week at number ten between theresa may and the eu negotiating team. it describes deep disagreements between the two sides. according to the paper, the prime minister and the eu commission president, jean—claude juncker, seen here before the dinner, clashed over the exit bill britain must pay, the structure of the talks, and the prospects of a quick trade deal. apparently mrjuncker left the dinner ten times more sceptical than he was beforehand, and he found theresa may showed no willingness to compromise. the prime minister was also in lancashire today, on the stump and trying to stamp out talk of a fracas with brussels. is the account of the meeting true, and has brexit already gone off the rails, before the talks have even started? i have to say that, fr

may day means a bikes and barrows festival in this lancashire village.seem keen to peddle their politics. the election was not the main concern here in scorton this morning, but it seems brexit will shape how many people vote. if she gets a majority, which i presume she will, it strengthens her argument, doesn't it? obviously, it will be a difficult time during brexit. if she wants to push through and put through what we need as a country and as a government, she needs the backing and to know that she has the support of the country with her being elected. she's called it because knows she's going to win. so i think she's covering it up with the brexit banner. it wouldn't change the way i was going to vote anyway. which is? labour. the tories are targeting many marginal seats like this in lancashire. their message, that brexit negotiations will be tough and theresa may is best placed to handle them, sits at the heart of their election campaign. but this tough? a german newspaper has published an account by unnamed eu officials of a dinner held last week a

we are being supported by a specialist team from lancashire cou nty by a specialist team from lancashireeld a minute ‘s silence in her memory. we sang don't stop believing. as you can imagine there we re believing. as you can imagine there were tears from the children and the staff. we know together we have to hold onto the love amongst us. we all that to saffie and her family. we please ask of members of the press now give space for the children and their families to agree. in manchester, on the night of the terror attack, there were many stories of people coming to the aid of those caught up in the blast. phil and kim dick from bradford came to the aid of a bleeding 14—year—old girl they found on floor after the ariana grande concert. earlier they described to my colleague victoria derbyshire what happened in the moments after the bomb went off. we can cross live now to greater manchester police ijust i just started screaming ijust started screaming my babies are in there. there were bodies everywhere. it was chaos. it was silence and then weeping and crying. it was quite confusing in

may day means a bikes and barrows festival in this lancashire village.nd people seem keen to peddle their politics. the election was not the main concern here in scorton this morning, but it seems brexit will shape how many people vote. the tories are targeting many margins will —— marginal seat. this tough? the german newspaper has published an account by and named eu officials about a dinner held at number ten last week, it describes deep disagreements between the two sides. the paper says the prime minister and the eu commissioner clashed over the exit bill britain must pay, the structure of the talks, and the prospect of quick trade deal. apparently, mrjuncker left the dinner ten times more sceptical than he was before had. the prime minister was in lancashire today on the stump and trying to stamp out talk the fracas with brussels. is the account of the meeting true and has brexit gone off the rails? i have to say that from what i have seen, i think this is russell is gossip, and look at what the european commission themselves said, immediately afte

currently out of favour in the england set up, looked in good form hitting 85 as yorkshire set lancashireuding that of england opener haseeb hameed for eight. they're 83 for 3. root‘s england team mate joss buttler has been in action in the indian premier league. he hit a quick—fire 33 for the mumbai indians as they beat the royal challengers bangalore with a ball to spare. mumbai are now top of the table. with the premier league title battle seemingly a two horse race between leaders chelsea and second place tottenham, attention turns to the race for champions league qualification. tonight, liverpool can move three points clear in third place — ahead of both of the manchester sides — with a win at watford. both united and city dropped points yesterday. united were held to a 1—1 draw at home to swansea. city had to rely on a late equaliser from gabrieljesus to rescue a point at struggling middlesbrough. jurgen klopp says the battle for the other two champions league spots will be fascinating. it would be nice to fight with chelsea for the title but that is not for us so we have to fight f

the west lancashire village of ta rleton feels a world away from the big city.ffects of last night's attack are being felt deeply here. today, this community is reeling from the loss of two girls. saffie roussos is the youngest victim to be named. just eight years old. today, the headteacher of her primary school described her as a beautiful little girl who was loved by everyone and whose warmth and kindness will be remembered fondly. the school has called in specialist support to help pupils cope with the news. georgina callander also lived in the area. friends described her as a superfan of ariana grande. she'd met the singer before. it's devastating, my daughter left for school at 8:30am, and i wasjust praying that nobody from her school was involved, around 11am, the school announced georgina callander had been confirmed, that she had passed away last night, and then another one in tarlton. came in last week, before she went on holiday, it is horrible. can't believe it. georgina had been studying health and social care in leyland. today, runshaw college offe

heavy rain in cumbria and lancashire, wet in northern ireland. 0utbreaks lancashire, wet in northernckons and outbreaks of rain push induced in areas. the wettest weather is always over the hills. not much rain arrives in the south—east. that eases off during the afternoon. furnace and sunshine east of high ground. with the cloud, it is a warm day. 16 or 17 degrees, that rain comes with that weather front. a heavy pulse of rain returning overnight. this weather front is stock across the uk, difficult to say where. in the south west england there will be rain at times. north of that, winds and sharp showers. east anglia and the south—east may be dry. warm and muggy air with temperatures higher than 22. not particularly called elsewhere. 0n wednesday, rain down in east anglia and south—east england. the wettest day of the week. for this part of the week sunshine and blustery showers in the north west. temperatures fall away. the last of warm and humid air is pushed into europe. cooler air heads our way with some sunshine and showers. this is bbc news, the headlines at six: severn nhs t

saffy rusoss, who was from lancashire.econd of the fatalities, after this atrocity at the manchester arena. 59 injured are still being treated in various hospitals in manchester and around manchester. hugh pym is at the manchester royal in the. what is the manchester royal in the. what is the picture there? we had a briefing from a senior official at north west ambulance service and a senior health official here in greater manchester summing up the nhs response across the region. those 59 patients are spread across eight hospitals, nine are here at manchester royal. we asked how many of them were children, how many were adults. they were not able to confirm that, or say much more but we know 12 are at royal manchester children's hospital and there is at least one of the trial at another hospital. they pay tribute to the emergency services in what they said was a terrible night for manchester. they expressed their condolences for the bereaved, but said there had been a veryjoined up plan put into action. they had, in effect

the first victim to be named was georgina callander, an 18—year—old student at runshaw college in lancashire the youngest to be named so far was saffie roussos, who was eight years old, from leyland, in lancashire. they were among the thousands who had travelled to the manchester arena for the concert by the american singer ariana grande. our special correspondent, ed thomas, reports now on the victims of terror. the youngest life lost — eight—year—old saffie roussos, at the concert with her mother and sister from lancashire. today, her headteacher said she was simply a beautiful little girl, loved by everyone. also killed, student georgina callander. she idolised ariana grande. this was the teenager meeting the singer in 2015. this afternoon, runshaw college in leyland said: our thoughts and prayers go out to all of georgina's family, friends, and all of those affected by this loss. it's devastating. my daughter left for school at 8:30am this morning and i was just praying that nobody from her school was involved, and around 11 o'clock, the school announced georgina callander had been confi

still largely dry to the east of the pennines, heavy rain for cumbria and lancashire.uth—east. rain easing off during the afternoon. we may get brightness and a bit of sunshine to that used on high ground. even with cloud it‘ll be quite a one on high ground. even with cloud it‘ll be quite a on'deg’reesr= on high ground. even with cloud it‘ll i: of juite a mommas—é 1- ” dose of rain comes on weather front, q dose of rain comes on weather front, linen another pulse dose of rain comes on weather front, then another pulse of heavy rain returning overnight. this weather front pretty much stuck across the uk where it looks like it‘s going to be more across yorkshire down to wales and the south—west of england where we‘ll see rain at times. north of that, blustery winds and bands of sharp showers. east anglia and the south—east may be dry. warm and muddy eczema temperatures as high as 22. not cold elsewhere either. 17 or 18 typically. 0n 22. not cold elsewhere either. 17 or 18 typically. on wednesday we see the rain across east anglia and the south—east. this will be the wett

and the youngest to be named so far was saffie roussos, the from leylands, lancashire.e, that was turned on its head. with the story of the victims this evening, we go to ed thomas. the youngest life lost — eight—year—old saffie roussos, at the concert with her mother and sister from lancashire. today her headteacher said she was simply a beautiful little girl, loved by everyone. also killed, student georgina callander. she idolised ariana grande. this was the teenager meeting the singer in 2015. this afternoon, runshaw college in leyland said: it is devastating. my daughter went to school this morning and i was just praying that nobody else from a school was killed. around 11am, it was announced that georgina had been confirmed... that she passed away last night. so we talked air and down the road. we all live within four miles. to girls have died. -- two. and the latest of the 22 who died to be named, john atkinson from bury. friends said the 28—year—old old was an amazing young man. and tonight, people are still waiting to hear from loved and tonight, people are stil

blue was the colour, in essex, teesside, derbyshire, lancashire, south, east, west and north.e in some parts the tories went out with the ark. the conservative party candidate is duly elected as mayor. and in the marginal midlands, a big win — the area's first ever metro mayor, wearing a tory rosette. this is may's day. this is not about who wins and who loses in the local elections. it is about continuing to fight for the best brexit deal for families and businesses across the united kingdom. are you still seriously maintaining, today, that you are not looking at a victory and sweeping back into number ten, potentially with a very large majority? i'm not taking anything for granted. i will be going out for the remaining weeks of this general election campaign to earn the support of the british people. and it is labour that is suffering. red spilled in west dunbartonshire, northumberland, nottinghamshire, seats disappearing in almost every corner. a very bad night for labour? thank you so much for coming. mr corbyn needs a lot more than a brave face. i declare that andy burnha

in essex, teesside, derbyshire, lancashire, south, east, west and north.in glasgow where, in some parts, the tories went out with the ark. the conservative party candidate is elected as mayor. and in the marginal midlands, a big win, the area's first ever metro mayor, wearing a tory rosette. this is may's day. this is not about who wins and loses in the local elections. it is about continuing to fight for the best brexit deal for families and businesses across the uk. are you still seriously maintaining today that you are not looking at a victory and sweeping back into number ten, potentially with a very large majority?” back into number ten, potentially with a very large majority? i am not taking anything for granted. i will be going out for the remaining weeks of this general election campaign to earn the support of the british people. and it is labour that is suffering. read spilt in nottinghamshire, sixtus appearing enormous every corner. a bad night for labour. thank you for coming. mr corbyn needs more than a brave face. 0ld faces, but new labour may

one aged 18 and onlyjust eight. 18—year—old georgina callander, a student at a local college in lancashiren she met her two years ago. and also eight—year—old savvy resource. you're watching bbc news. this is bbc news. i am ben brown reporting live from manchester. 22 people, including children, are now known to have been killed after a suicide bomber detonated a device at the end of a pop concert in manchester. the youngest victim was only eight years old — saffie roussos from lancashire. 18—year—old college student georgina callander also died. scores of others were injured and others are still missing. this is my daughter, olivia. i haven't seen her since five o'clock last night. she was at the ariana grande concert with her friend. i'm worried sick. if anyone has seen her, please contact the police.

lancashire... south, east, west and north.n in glasgow, where in some parts the tories went out with the ark. the conservative party candidate is duly elected as mayor... and in the marginal midlands, a big win. the area's first ever metro mayor, wearing a tory rosette. this is may's day. this is not about who wins and who loses in the local elections, it is about continuing to fight for the best brexit deal for families and businesses across the united kingdom. are you still seriously maintaining today you are not looking at a victory and sweeping back into number ten, potentially with a very large majority? i'm not taking anything for granted. i will be going out for the remaining weeks of this general election campaign to earn the support of the british people. and it's labour that's suffering. red spilled in west dunbartonshire, northumberland, nottinghamshire. disappearing in almost every corner. a very bad night for labour. thank you so much for coming. mr corbyn needs a lot more than a brave face. i declare that andy bu

among them an eight—year—old girl from lancashire watching a concert for the first time.

saffie roussos, who came from lancashire. 18—year—old couege came from lancashire. 18—year—old collegeeorgina callander also died. scores of others were injured, and others are still missing. this is my daughter, olivia. i haven't seen her since 5pm last night. she was at the ariana grande concert with her friend. last night. she was at the ariana grande concert with herfriend. i'm worried sick. if anyone has seen her, please contact police. the prime minister is in manchester today meeting local authorities. earlier she condemned what she calls a callous attack. the people of manchester and of this country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist attacks, an attack that targeted some of the youngest people in our society. police say they know the identity of the suicide bomber and armed police have arrested a 23—year—old man in south manchester. this is being the most horrific incident we have ever faced in greater manchester and one we all hoped we would never see. we will bring you all the latest developments from here in manchester. in other news, the actor sir roger moore, best k

the youngest victim named so far is eight—year—old saffie roussos from tarleton in lancashire.

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still largely dry towards the east of the pennines, but heavy rain for cumbria and lancashire.et start for northern ireland as well. outbreaks of rain coming into wales, always wetter in the west of wales, and we have got this rain across southern england just beginning to arrive in the london area. much of eastern england starting dry, perhaps some hazy sunshine, but it will be thickening and we will see some outbreaks of rain pushing into eastern areas as well. the wettest weather will always be over the hills in the west, the south—west of scotland, north—west england and west wales. not much rain arriving in the south east and the rain easing off during the afternoon. we may get some brightness, a bit of sunshine to the east on high ground, but even with the cloud it is going to be quite a warm day with temperatures at 16 or 17. the first dose of rain comes on that whether there and we get another pulse of heavy rain returning overnight and then this weather front is pretty much stuck across the uk but where is difficult to say. at the moment it looks like it will be more a

these shores, england captainjoe root could only make 21 for yorkshire in the roses match against lancashirehough — with england spinner adil rashid taking two wickets and the winning catch. former world champion tyson fury is currently without a boxing licence. he has indicated that he would like to fightjoshua. there could also be a rematch with klitschko or you —— a reunification fight. i want to start planning how i am going to improve. in my next fight is, people are going to be watching. cool, i have done my learning now. they can't keep saying, he is still learning. i have got to get better. so i will go back to the gym and find out where my weaknesses are and just improve on them. a first great britain lions rugby league tour in more than a decade could take place in 2019. england, scotland, wales and ireland have played as individual nations since 2007, when the lions played a series against new zealand. nigel wood, chair of the rugby league international federation, has told the bbc there could be a tour to the southern hemisphere scheduled between this year's world cup in australi

the last few years and labour's strength will be tested in the councils they control, derbyshire, lancashire with a general election next month, how much should be read into tomorrow's results? election next month, how much should be read into tomorrow's result57m will give us an indication as to whether the conservatives really are a long way ahead in the opinion polls. whether they really are advancing in scotland. 0ur labour really in trouble across the length and breadth of great britain? 0f course we shouldn't assume that what happens on thursday will necessarily be replicated exactly in the general election ballot boxes. six areas of england will elect new metro mess. greater manchester, liverpool, the west midlands, tees valley, west of england, cambridge and peter brock. they will mostly be responsible economic development. doncaster and north tyneside are also voting for local authority mayors. local elections were necessarily tell us much about how people might vote in a national contest, but as the results come in on friday party leaders will move on anything that suggests they ha

weeks after picking up a green action for 4—6 weeks after picking up a green into injury played lancashireit is a perfect preparation. if you look back to the t20 last year. we too are badgering the winter, and it coincided with 3t20 games in which they dominated. there is a learning within that, and the fact that we came back strong from that is very encouraging. i don't think that this time, the coming any different. —— they played us coming any different. —— they played us in the winter. pension certainly be one the last stage of the giro d'italia. he needed to start to a nswer d'italia. he needed to start to answer the call of nature. the dutch rider had to pull over to relieve himself. that saw his deficit cut to a31 himself. that saw his deficit cut to a 31 second lead over nairo quintana. fernando alonso says he feels privileged to be one of the 33 drivers taking part in this week's indy 500 race. the two—time formula 1 champion is open to becomejust the second man after granville to win this race. the monaco grand prix, which is ready to play —— which is done twice. he described it

the lancashire and across the border, down to wales, some sunshine to start your day.point of the day. you will be unlikely to catch showers in the morning. central and south—eastern parts, largely dry to start, but as the sunshine once things up those clouds will build and we will see heavier showers. almost anywhere, i think. the part of east anglia in the south—east, likely to stay dry. but we could see thunder and lightning and hailstones with the heavier showers. there will be sunshine in between any of those showers. sunday looks like the drier day of the weekend. the showers will ease away. light rain possible in the far north—west. elsewhere, lighter winds, dryer, and a bit warmer, too, with temperatures up to 20 degrees. heavy showers on saturday, a bit of brightness in between. 0n heavy showers on saturday, a bit of brightness in between. on sunday, the showers should largely fade away. a drier picture by sunday and it'll feel warmer, as well. that trend continues into the new working week. on monday, low—pressure approaching from the west. bumping into high

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the bafta goes to the magnificent sarah lancashire. the ba fta magnificent sarah lancashire.ge for him, do send it to me andi a message for him, do send it to me and i will read it to him. here'sjoanna in the bbc newsroom with a summary of today's news. the home secretary, amber rudd and health secretary, jeremy hunt will chair a cobra meeting on cyber security later this morning as the computer virus which first hit the health service on friday is reportedly still causing serious problems at a number nhs organisations — including hospitals — in england. the director of lincolnshire medical committee has advised patients not to visit their gp unless it is an emergency and says all computer systems a re emergency and says all computer systems are shut down. north korea says the missile it tested successfully on sunday was a new type of rocket capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. this footage which has just been released by north korean state tv shows the launch which took place over the weekend. the united states says it would be prepared to impose more sanctions on the coun

youngest life lost — eight—year—old saffie roussos, at the concert with her mother and sister from lancashire girl, loved by everyone." also killed, student georgina callander. she idolised ariana grande. this was the teenager meeting the singer in 2015. this afternoon, runshaw college in leyland said... it is devastating. my daughter went to school this morning and i was just praying that nobody else from a school was killed. around 11am, it was announced that georgina had been confirmed... that she passed away last night. and then another one down the road. so probably within four miles, two young girls have died. and the latest of the 22 who died to be named, john atkinson from bury. friends said the 28—year—old old was an amazing young man. and tonight, people are still waiting to hearfrom loved ones. people like chloe rutherford and liam curry from south shields. and courtney boyle and philip tron from gateshead. behind every face, a desperate search. you haven't seen this girl by any chance, have you? excuse me? i'm just asking if you've seen this young girl. have you seen this girl? sh

it goes to the magnificent seven lancashire. night for happy valley at the baftas, at one best drama and its star one the lead actress award. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rob merrick, deputy political editor at the independent, and the broadcaster and author natalie haynes. tomorrow's front pages. the i says the prime minister is to make a pitch to labour voters by boosting the living wage and guaranteeing eu labour laws. the telegraph reports that the conservatives‘ workplace promises will include a legal right to take time off work to care for loved ones. a similar lead on workers‘ rights for the express. the daily mail says it will be the biggest ever expansion of workers‘ rights. a similar lead on workers‘ rights for the express. they call mrs may‘s promis it says they are battling for working—class votes, and jeremy corbyn will take a million people of nhs waiting lists by 2020. the times has the same top story on the prime minister, and a report on the pr

he was on his phone, he was asking for directions, he lived in lancashire, and just wanted to get outcity. he had no idea how to get away, he couldn't hail a taxi. as i say, we have seen police officers in taxis to get here. and a man who lived in the city came down here to offer to give the man left, just to him away. so people who do live in the city are coming out and helping other people. we have seen another young man with bottles of water, just handing them out to people who have gone to the concert. so many people are confused here. they just cannot so many people are confused here. theyjust cannot get their heads around what has happened here. and just to confirm from greater manchester police that they have carried out a controlled explosion in the cathedral gardens area. you felt it, it was just behind you. yes, you might have heard it as well. it was around 300m... you might be able to see the blue flashing lights. just to the left is cathedral gardens. we think that is where this controlled explosion was carried out. so that would have been a suspected device that police h

we are being supported by lancashire county council.ry. we sang don't stop believing. as you can imagine, there we re believing. as you can imagine, there were tears from the children and the staff, but we know we have to hold onto the love amongst us. we owe that to her and herfamily. we asked the press to give space to her family and friends in order that they can grieve. let's go straight back to manchester and christian. apologies, we were moving the camera because the ring fenced area has now been removed. you can see the police and people starting to file down the road, under the railway bridge. then starting to get back to normal, but as you have heard from david, who we we re as you have heard from david, who we were interviewing earlier, a lot of people are in the boyet area, crucial to the investigation. —— boyer it won't get back to normality any time soon for those in the arena. then there are those who were involved. how do they come to terms with what they saw and experienced we now go to a school in manchester where peopl

this is taken in lancashire. across the uk at the moment, it is heading eastwards.past six weeks. it is a bit more hit and miss further south. a few millimetres a specially across east anglia and the south—east. nothing hugely soaking but it still reigns quite heavily on the heels and further low cloud developer. —— hills. we are talking chiefly a round the murray firth we could hit 21 degrees. —— moray firth. 90 degrees. but 19. the big story tonight and into tomorrow is just how mild and muggy it will be as we started tuesday. temperatures in the mid teens to start the day that it will be fairly grey. we have weather front on the charts for tomorrow and still a bit ofa charts for tomorrow and still a bit of a south—westerly breeze. to the east of that, the warmer air will be contained. cloudy across the rest of england and wales. outbreaks of rain pushing eastwards throughout the day. to the north and west of that, not as bright. there will still be a case of catering for sunburst of rain every now and again. temperatures fill into the high—teens but she could get

have had the name of the youngest of the people who have died, a young eight—year—old girl from lancashiree with their families and friends, at this horrendous tragedy that has taken place. i am very clear that the police and the security services have the resources they need, to ensure that they continue their investigation, and i would like to thank all those involved, the police and other emergency service, for the amazing way they responded to this terrible incident, i havejust been hearing of police officers who were off duty turning up, wanting to ensure they could crib, that they could help. so many people have helped, that is a great spirit of manchester, the spirit of britain, and one thing i am clear is that the terrorists will not prevail. people looking into the summer where there will be lots more concerts is and music festivals will start to worry whether their children, their young people can be safe this summer, what can you do to reassure people that people will be safe, going to concerts is and festivals this summer? the police and others will of course be looking at the

west midlands, tees valley, derbyshire, lancashire, south wales and glasgow.the labour vote, so certain were they of their heartland support. this map, from the guardian, shows the labour gains. and this one shows the tory gains — they are everywhere. so where does labour think they'll win the general election? campaign manager, andrew gwynne, joins me now from salford. nice of you to join us, andrew gwynne. based on what you have seen today, do you still believe you can win the general election? well, of course we fight elections to win because we are in this game to change britain for the better. so, before a single vote has been cast for the general election, of course we are fighting for every single labour vote in every part of the united kingdom that we will be contesting. do you believe you can win it on this result? of course, you have to believe in politics that you can win. i do believe that we can win if we get our message across, our policies across. if labour candidates, if labour party members hit the ground. dust ourselves down, we have taken a

just a few showers in cumbria and lancashire. with temperatures picking up quickly. patchy mist and fog around won't last long. along the east coast, east anglia and kent, we have cloud around possibly thick enough for the odd spot of drizzle after the rain with the front clearing off to the north sea. to the west, dry weather with temperatures rising quickly. to the south—west, one or two showers, largely dry in wales. for northern ireland you have a dry, a chilly start with temperatures picking up nicely. in the west you have a wee bit more cloud. through the day we see the cloud in south—east anglia clearing up but showers will develop later, heaviest in the north and north—west especially northern ireland the odd rumble of thunder, and possibly hail as well. in the showers it will be cooler but it will be pleasant in the sunshine with hives up to 20. through the evening and overnight we have a front from yesterday producing rain, coming towards us. it will bring rain from the south across south—east england. how far west it g

she went to tarlton community primary school in lancashire.embly sang, don't stop believing. her mother and sister are still in hospital. she was loved by everyone. her warmth and kindness will be remembered fondly. saffie was quiet and unassuming with a creative flair. saffie comes from a close, loving family and we can only imagine what they're going through. marcin and angelika klis from poland lived in york. this photograph was taken shortly before the attack. they had come to collect their daughters from the concert. their girls lost both parents in an instant. i've been a deirdre barlow super fan. she's always been my favourite character. this is martyn hett speaking to the bbc in 2015. he was 29, gregarious, full of enthusiasm. his partner wrote, our wonderful, iconic and beautiful martin didn't survive — he left this world factory how he lived, centre of attention. kelly brewster was 32 and from sheffield. she died shielding her 11—year—old niece from the blast. her partner wrote, kelly really was the happiest she'd ever been. we had s

lancashire have signed sri lankan batsman mahela jayawardene for their t20 blast campaign. the squad in july. lancashire won the tournament two years ago but failed to get out of the group stage in the defence of their title last season. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more in sportsday at 6.30pm. we look forward to it. thanks. more now on the french elections and what will the emmanual macron mean for brexit negotiations? france is one of the pivotal players in the european union and mr macron will play a key role in upcoming brexit talks. this morning president macron's chief economic adviser told the bbc that mr macron would be a hard negotiator — but he wouldn't want to punish britain for its decision to leave the eu. chris morris looks at what kind of negotiating position the new french president is likely to take. so the first thing you need to know about emmanuel macron is that he is a passionate pro—european. he campaigned on an overtly pro—eu platform. is that likely to make him a tough nu

the youngest victim named so far is eight—year—old saffie roussos from tarleton in lancashire.ther victim has been named as 18—year—old student georgina callander. others are still missing and dozens are being treated in hospital. we ran straight out the doors all the way down to the hotel and all i could hear was screaming, people crying. there was smoke everywhere, there was drips of blood on the floor leading out of the main entrance and we just ran. in the past hour, the queen and senior members of the royal family have held a minute's silence at buckingham palace in memory of the victims. the prime minister has come to manchester to thank the police and emergency services. she has described the attack as "devastating". it is an absolutely barbaric attack that has taken place to cut off young lives in this way, and it is absolutely devastating. police are said to know the identity of the suicide bomber and they say they've arrested a 23—year—old man in south manchester. we will have the details of the terrible events in the city for you. in other news, the actor sir roger m

parts of lancashire, two thirds of the people voted to leave.y family did. they do not all admit to it to my face! but i know that they did. because you told my sister! pretend otherwise! these people, they are my people and i love those people. there are good people. there are decent people. and as it happens, i liked malcolm as well once he's stopped shouting at me. but here's the difference between me and theresa may. i want malcolm, eve ryo ne and theresa may. i want malcolm, everyone here, everyone in preston, everyone here, everyone in preston, every single one of you, to have yoursay every single one of you, to have your say over what comes next. nobody knows what brexit will look like, the choice is —— the choices theresa may will make will affect your life and our country for decades. your weekly shop, yourjob, your environment, your safety, where your environment, your safety, where you can travel to and where you can live. and already she is making choices that will affect those things including the most profound choice she could make

lancashire have lost three wickets in their innings so far, including that of england opener haseeb hameed—fire 33 for the mumbai indians as they beat the royal challengers bangalore with a ball to spare. mumbai are now top of the table. wba and ibf world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua says he needs to improve ahead of his next fight. joshua beat wladimir klitschko at wembley stadium in a thrilling bout on saturday night. former world champion tyson fury is currently without a boxing licence, but has indicated he'd like to fightjoshua. there could also be a re—match with klitschko, or a unification fight with wbc champion deontay wilder. i want to start planning how i'm going to improve. i know my next fight and going to improve. i know my next fightandi going to improve. i know my next fight and i think ok, cool, i've done my learning now. they can't keep saying, oh, he is still learning. i have got to get better. soi learning. i have got to get better. so i will go back to the gym and find out where my weaknesses are and improve on them. a first great britain lions rugby league tour

the yorkshire set crime drama won best drama series and best actress for sarah lancashire. couple of awards for planet earth two. including that ford the moment of its snake versus equine chase. she is the conform's nonconforming. —— including four b moment. —— for the moment. the bbc victoria derbyshire programme won the news award and actressjoanna lumley received a standing ovation as she was presented with bafta's highest accolade, the fellowship. what is a president to do while waiting for a meeting? for what is a president to do while waiting fora meeting? foeradimir putin, it was something creative. he practised on the piano. the russian president paid parts of soviet—era songs as he waited to see president xijinping in beijing. to be fairto the nir bitton, the piano needed tuning. —— played parts. —— to be fairto vladimir putin. tuning. —— played parts. —— to be fair to vladimir putin. a gentle week on the way for most of us. quite a cloudy one at the very least for many of us as this cloud sweeps off the atlantic. this is an air of low pressure coming in from quite

england captainjoe root was cut off in his prime in yorkshire's latest one day group match with lancashireg well on 21 before former south africa all rounder ryan mclaren had him caught. gary ballance — who's currently out of favour in the england set up — looked in good form, hitting 85 as yorkshire set lancashire a target of 297 to win. they are currently 42—1. england'sjoss buttler has been in action in the indian premier league. he hit a quick—fire 33 for the mumbai indians as they beat the royal challengers bangalore with a ball to spare. mumbai are now top of the table. west indies have lost two quick wickets in the first session of the second day of their second test against pakistan in barbados. roston chase was unbeaten overnight on 131 but both him and skipper jason holder have fallen today. a short time ago, the windies were 297—8. pakistan won the first test of the three—game series by seven wickets in jamaica, as they look to clinch what would be a first series victory in the caribbean. with the premier league title battle seemingly a two horse race between leaders chelsea and